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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SWITS COND, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,178, dated May 6, 1884.

Application filed December 7,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, SwI'rs CONDE, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of -N ew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Overshirts, of which the followi-ng, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. t

This invention has refereiice to the class of shirts which are usually designated lawntennis shirts,77 and relates more particularly to the front or breasts of said shirts.

The invention consists in certain novel fastenin g devices and their attachment to the shirtfront, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure I is a front view of a shirt provided with my improvements, showing its front or breast closed and fastened together, and a portion of the supplemental front removed, to illustrate its counection with the shirt. Fig. II shows the same opened, and a portion of. the supplemental front turned over from the underlying ily, to illustrate the means of attaching the loops and Fig. III is an enlarged detail view, showing the re-enforcement of the attachment of the loop.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the body of the shirt; B, the front or breast, and O the collar, attached to the body in the usual manner. rlhe front B isprovided with the usual Vertical slit or opening,c, which, in most cases, is at or near the center of the front, as shown in the annexed drawings, Over the front B is secured a supplemental front, D, formed also with a central opening, a', and having the edges adjacent to said opening properly hemmed and lying loosely over the front B.

c c represent loops formed of pieces of cord folded and attached by inserting the severed ends of the loop through an aperture in one 45 of the flies of the supplemental front D, and

fastening said ends between said front and the underlying fabric by sewing them onto the latter. To the other fly of the front are secured fastening devicesr adapted to engage with the loops c c. Said fastening devices I prefer to form of pieces of cord doubled or folded similar to the loops c c, and inserted through the supplemental front, and fastened between the same and the underlying fabric in the same l.manner as the loops aforesaid. The free end of said cords is provided with a button, d, preferably formed by a knot tied in the end of the cord, as shown. That portion of the supplemental front which is pierced by the loops and their companion fastenings I reenforce by a binding, e, across the exterior of said front.

Having described my invention ,wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s- 1 l. The combination, with ya shirt, of a supplemental front having a central opening, loops inserted through one ofthe flies of the supplemental front, and secured between said ily and underlying fabric, and buttons or other suitable .fastening devices secured to the other fly of the supplemental front, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with a shirt, of a supplemental front provided with a central open- 75 ing, loops inserted through one of the flies of the supplemental front, and secured between said iiy and underlying fabric, and a binding across the exterior of the portion of the fly pierced by the loops, substantially as set forth 8o and shown. f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York. 85

swrrs CONDE. [n e] Witnesses:

Enw. MAXWELL, JosEPH I. REGAN. 

